# Objects type for theme setting

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/objects-type-for-theme-setting/305009>\
**Category:** Developer Guides\
**Tags:** how-to, theme-guides\
**Created:** [April 23, 2024, 6:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/objects-type-for-theme-setting/305009 "2024-04-23T06:24:06Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 27, 2025, 3:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/objects-type-for-theme-setting/305009/26 "2025-07-27T15:44:38Z")

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Hey @awesomerobot do you think this going to get onto someone’s list any time soon? It doesn’t seem like anyone from team has looked at this in a year.

Also, it’s pretty terrible that they are all named “field\_name-X”. Would it be possible to have a field name that could get used there? Having to click every single one to see what’s there is a nightmare if you have more than a couple objects.

If we can’t re-order the items and you can’t tell what they are without clicking on them, I’m likely going to have to go back to using a single string setting with multiple values separated with, uh, some character to separate the different fields. And I think with the old-style arrays you could re-order stuff, right? So this objects type seems like a step backward for everyone except programmers.

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